Return to Heart
by Tin Man Ministries
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19. Why It’s So Hard to Say What We Need | Faith, Fear & Emotional Healing
Apr 29, 2026
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18. Emotional Regulation and Resilience | Window of Tolerance Pt. 2
Apr 15, 2026
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17. Anxiety & Depression | Window of Tolerance Pt. 1
Apr 1, 2026
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16. Sexual Integrity: The Path to Wholeness
Mar 18, 2026
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15. Faith, Addiction, and the Power of the 12 Steps
Mar 4, 2026
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| 4/29/26 | 19. Why It’s So Hard to Say What We Need | Faith, Fear & Emotional Healing | Why is it so difficult to say what we really need? In this episode of the Return to Heart Podcast, Jeff and Phil explore one of the most profound questions Jesus asks in the New Testament: “What do you want me to do for you?” Through the story of Blind Bartimaeus, they unpack how vulnerability, fear, and faith intersect in moments of emotional and relational healing. Many of us struggle to name our needs — even with God, even in our closest relationships. But healing often begins when we risk speaking honestly about what is happening inside our hearts. Key takeaways from this episode: • Why people freeze when asked what they truly need • The emotional courage required for vulnerability • How fear and faith work together in personal growth • Why Jesus asks questions even when He already knows the answer Tin Man provides coaching, mentoring, consulting, and offers guidance to those who want to recover the life they've lost and discover the life they desire, by learning to live from the heart. Learn More: www.tinman.life | — | ||||||
| 4/15/26 | 18. Emotional Regulation and Resilience | Window of Tolerance Pt. 2 | Why do we bounce between anxiety and emotional shutdown,? In this episode, Jeff and Phil explore the concept of the “window of tolerance”—the emotional space where we can stay present, relational, and resilient even when life is hard. In this episode you’ll learn: • Why we cycle between anxiety and depression • How resentment, rage, and self-pity can reveal deeper emotions • Why telling your story in relationship is key to emotional healing Tin Man provides coaching, mentoring, consulting, and offers guidance to those who want to recover the life they've lost and discover the life they desire, by learning to live from the heart. Learn More: www.tinman.life | — | ||||||
| 4/1/26 | 17. Anxiety & Depression | Window of Tolerance Pt. 1 | In this episode of the Return to Heart podcast, Jeff and Phil explore the psychological concept of the Window of Tolerance and how trauma, anxiety, and depression can shape our ability to stay emotionally present. Along the way, they reflect on how God designed us as integrated beings - body, mind, and spirit - and why learning to pay attention to our bodies plays a key role in emotional and relational healing. Key Takeaways: • What the “Window of Tolerance” means in emotional health • Why trauma often shows up as anxiety or depression • How our bodies signal safety or threat • Why connection with safe people expands resilience Tin Man provides coaching, mentoring, consulting, and offers guidance to those who want to recover the life they've lost and discover the life they desire, by learning to live from the heart. Learn More: www.tinman.life | — | ||||||
| 3/18/26 | 16. Sexual Integrity: The Path to Wholeness | In today’s episode, we dive into one of the most important and least-discussed topics in Christian discipleship: sexual integrity - what it means, why it matters, and how men and women can move toward wholeness in an area where many people quietly struggle. Key takeaways: • Why sexual integrity is about wholeness, not perfection • The cultural forces shaping how we think about sexuality • The connection between secrecy, shame, and fragmentation • Why honest conversation is the first step toward healingTin Man provides coaching, mentoring, consulting, and offers guidance to those who want to recover the life they've lost and discover the life they desire, by learning to live from the heart. Learn More: www.tinman.life | — | ||||||
| 3/4/26 | 15. Faith, Addiction, and the Power of the 12 Steps | What happens when faith, addiction, and honesty collide? In this episode of the Return to Heart Podcast, we explore the deep and often misunderstood relationship between the 12 Steps, the Church, and true discipleship. What begins with judgment turns into gratitude, humility, and transformation. This conversation unpacks how the 12 Steps became a life jacket, not a replacement for faith—but a pathway into living it. From addiction and surrender to confession, amends, and restoration, this episode offers a powerful flyover of how healing actually happens in community. Topics include: • Why the 12 Steps saved lives — including pastors • The Church, discipleship, and what was missing • The God of your understanding • Powerlessness, surrender, and grace • Why healing requires structure, community, and honesty If you’ve ever wondered how faith and recovery fit together — or felt resistance toward the 12 Steps — this conversation invites you to look again. Tin Man provides coaching, mentoring, consulting, and offers guidance to those who want to recover the life they've lost and discover the life they desire, by learning to live from the heart. Learn More: www.tinman.life | — | ||||||
| 2/26/26 | 14: Living With an Addict: The Side No One Talks About | Addiction doesn’t just affect the person acting out—it impacts everyone connected to them.In this episode of Return to Heart, the conversation turns toward the often-overlooked reality of spouses, children, parents, and loved ones living alongside addiction. Through personal stories, clinical insight, and family systems theory, the hosts explore what it’s like to be on the other side of compulsive behavior—the loneliness, the silence, the roles we take on just to survive.This episode covers:• Why addiction is a family system, not an individual problem• The hidden roles families adopt to avoid abandonment• Loneliness, chaos, and unspoken rules inside addictive homes• Why spouses and children often need as much—or more—care than the addict• What it means to begin feeling, trusting, and speaking againIf you’ve ever loved someone who was unavailable, compulsive, or addicted, this conversation is for you.🔗 Resources mentioned in this episode are available at tinman.org | — | ||||||
| 2/4/26 | 13: The Bible, The Brain, and Why Feelings Matter | What if your feelings were never the enemy of your faith?In this episode of Return to Heart, we explore how neuroscience, Scripture, and lived human experience all point to the same truth: God designed us to feel first, not last. From John Calvin to modern brain science, from attachment theory to Scripture, this conversation reveals how healing, transformation, and spiritual maturity happen through vulnerability—not around it.We discuss:Why the Bible has never been contradicted by archaeology or neuroscienceHow the brain is wired for protection and connectionWhy feelings lead us to God rather than away from HimHow trauma lives in the body and how healing actually worksWhy faith that bypasses the heart eventually collapsesThis is Part 2 of a two-part conversation. If you haven’t listened to Part 1 yet, finish this episode first—then go back to episode 12. | — | ||||||
| 1/21/26 | 012: The Missing Piece in Spiritual Growth | What if the way many of us were taught to grow spiritually actually cost us intimacy with God?In this episode of Return To Heart, Jeff and Phil explore a story that shaped decades of faith, discipleship, and emotional disconnection—beginning in a Yale dorm room in 1980 and unfolding into a powerful conversation about facts, feelings, faith, and how God actually designed us.Through vivid metaphors—the chalkboard, the train, the chair, and even a man riding an elephant—this conversation challenges the idea that spiritual maturity means suppressing emotion. Instead, it invites listeners into a fuller, relational faith where truth about God and truth about ourselves belong together.This episode is for anyone who:Knows the “right answers” but still feels distant from GodWas taught that emotions are dangerous or unspiritualFeels spiritually mature yet relationally disconnectedWants a faith that includes their whole heartThis is not about abandoning truth.It’s about learning how truth actually transforms. | — | ||||||
| 1/7/26 | 011: Emotions Unveiled: Feeling & Experiencing More | Most of us have spent a lifetime becoming right-leg dominant — relying on intellect, morality, and sheer willpower to survive life. But, the parts of us designed for intimacy, connection, and vulnerability? Those got left behind.In this episode of Return to Heart, we unpack one of the most transformative metaphors we’ve ever used:👉 The right leg and the left leg.Drawing from tens of thousands of hours working with men and women, we walk through why so many of us feel spiritually “stuck” even though we know the right things and work hard to do them. We also introduce Emotions Unveiled, a discipleship tool designed to reawaken the parts of your heart God built for connection.✨ In this episode:• Why intellect, morality, and hard work aren’t enough• The meaning of being “right-leg dominant”• Rediscovering the “left leg” — the emotional, relational side of life• How Scripture gives emotional language for healing• Why emotional maturity fuels spiritual maturity• The structure and purpose of Emotions Unveiled• Stories of transformation through emotional discipleship | — | ||||||
| 12/24/25 | 010: Alignment: The Journey from Hiding to Healing | Alignment isn’t about perfection — it’s about returning home to who God made us to be.In this episode of Return to Heart, we explore the final stage of the transformational process: alignment—stepping out of hiding, confronting shame, receiving acceptance, and rediscovering our God-given identity.Through honest storytelling, real-time vulnerability, and examples from Scripture—including the Prodigal Son—we unpack how alignment flows naturally from admission, acceptance, attunement, and healthy attachment. We also share personal stories of stepping out of the “closet,” facing old narratives, and allowing trusted relationships to realign us with truth.If you’ve ever felt out of sync, unseen, or unsure where you belong… this episode is for you.✨ Topics we explore:• What alignment really means in spiritual and emotional life• How relationships help us heal shame and rediscover identity• Why correction and confrontation only work when love comes first• The power of acceptance, attunement, and attachment• Real stories of stepping out of hiding and into who God made us to be• What Jesus models for us through compassion, attunement, and restoration | — | ||||||
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| 12/10/25 | 009: Acceptance: Why This Step Changes Everything | Welcome back to the Transformational Process series. In this episode, we explore one of the most healing and redemptive steps in the journey of spiritual and emotional recovery: Acceptance.Following last week’s conversation on Admission, this episode dives into why acceptance is essential for wholeness, how it restores connection, and why we cannot grow without relationships that meet us with “Me too.”You’ll hear vulnerable stories, theological insight, 12-step wisdom, and practical pathways toward embracing acceptance in your own healing story.🌟 What You’ll LearnWhy acceptance is the turning point of healingHow grief, powerlessness, and honesty open the door to transformationThe connection between acceptance, the prodigal son, and the body of ChristWhy shame keeps us disconnected — and how acceptance unravels itReal stories of acceptance in recovery, marriage, friendships, and communityHow this step prepares the heart for next week’s topic: Atonement | — | ||||||
| 11/26/25 | 008: Admission: Confession, Community, and the Courage to Come Home | In this raw and honest episode, the Tin Man team — Jeff, Todd, and Phil — explore the power of admission: the moment when life’s pain and exhaustion become too heavy to carry, and we finally come to ourselves.Drawing from the story of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15, they discuss why our lowest moments often open the door to healing, how shame and fear keep us from being honest, and why confession is a communal act — not a solo one.✨ What you’ll hear in this episode:- The transformational process: from brokenness to wholeness- Why “admission” is more than confession — it’s awakening- How rock bottom moments become grace- What it means to find safety, honesty, and healing in community | — | ||||||
| 11/12/25 | 007: Addiction: The Hidden Addictions We Don’t Talk About | Addiction isn’t only about substances—it’s about survival. In this powerful conversation, we reveal how our need for connection can twist into compulsions that look acceptable on the outside but exhaust us on the inside. From food to phones to ministry itself, we expose the subtle ways we try to escape loneliness, fear, and shame.You’ll hear how dopamine, shame, and “chunking” shape addictive cycles—and how genuine connection breaks them. This episode is raw, redemptive, and full of practical hope for anyone caught in performance or perfectionism.✨ What you’ll hear in this episode:- Addiction as a response to codependency and exhaustion- The neuroscience of dopamine and “chunking”- Why the opposite of addiction is connection—not sobriety | — | ||||||
| 10/29/25 | 006: The Work of Attachment: Seen. Soothed. Safe. Secure | We’re made for attachment—but many of us learned to survive by not attaching. Jeff and Phil explore how early abandonment, toxic shame, and fear train us to confuse intensity for intimacy, and what it looks like to regrow our “Velcro” in real relationships. You’ll hear a son who stands his ground, friends who travel to grieve with—and why the four S’s (seen, soothed, safe, secure) matter so much.From marriage and parenting to friendship and faith, this conversation names the risk of staying present, the comfort of being known, and the long, grace-filled work of becoming attachable again. Includes a practical journaling exercise to map your primary attachment figures and where you long to reconnect.✨ What you’ll hear in this episode:Why we mistake intensity for intimacy—and how to tell the differenceThe “Velcro” metaphor: sliding off vs. sticking, and learning to stick againA live picture of secure attachment in conflict (“I’m staying”)The four S’s of secure attachment: seen, soothed, safe, secureFriends who practice with-ness in griefA simple exercise to begin re-attaching where it matters most | — | ||||||
| 10/15/25 | 005: The Power of Attunement: Finding Connection, Healing Shame, and Coming Home | In this episode of Return to Heart, Jeff and Phil explore the meaning of attunement — the deep, relational connection that allows us to truly be seen and known. Through vivid metaphors, a humorous moment at the symphony, and heartfelt stories about parenting, marriage, and faith, this conversation shows how attunement brings restoration, combats loneliness, and invites us back to the heart. Whether you’re navigating family relationships, spiritual growth, or simply longing for deeper connection, this episode offers hope and practical wisdom for the journey.✨ You’ll hear in this episode: Why attunement is essential to human connection. A touching story of Jeff and his grandson learning to sit with sadness. How marriage reveals the challenges and beauty of vulnerability. And, the role of faith in healing toxic shame and restoring relationships. | — | ||||||
| 10/1/25 | 004: Shame: Understanding the Stories We Tell Ourselves | In this episode of Return to Heart, we unpack the difference between healthy and toxic shame, how childhood abandonment shapes the stories we tell ourselves, and why God calls us back to live unashamed and loved.Shame was never meant to define us, yet many of us carry the lie that our needs make us “too much,” “not enough,” or “unlovable.”Together, we explore:The biblical picture of healthy shame in the Garden before the fallHow abandonment leads to toxic shame and distorted identityWhy children ask “What’s wrong with me?” instead of “What’s wrong with them?”The lifelong effects of toxic shame on relationships, work, and faithGod’s invitation to live unashamed and lovedIf you’ve ever struggled with feelings of inadequacy, rejection, or the belief that you are the problem, this conversation will bring clarity, hope, and a path toward freedom. | — | ||||||
| 9/17/25 | 003: Abandonment: I Needed You and You Weren't There | What is abandonment, really? At its core, it’s this: “I needed you, and you weren’t there for me.” Whether it’s parents, friends, coaches, or even people who were in the room but emotionally absent, abandonment leaves a mark on all of us.You’ll hear:The simplest and most powerful definition of abandonmentWhy the brain registers abandonment the same way it registers physical painStories of how abandonment shows up in everyday lifeThe difference between naming what happened and blaming the people involvedHow even Jesus’ disciples panicked at the thought of being abandonedAbandonment is part of the human story—but so is healing. By learning to name our stories without blame, we can begin to move from hurt toward hope. | — | ||||||
| 9/1/25 | 002: Finding Your True Identity in God | Imago Dei & Transformation | Discover the meaning of Imago Dei and what it means to find your identity in Christ. In this episode of Return to Heart, Todd Warmers and Phil Herndon share Christian transformation stories that reveal how God sees you, why relationships matter, and how Jesus speaks to your deepest self.Through personal experiences, Bible teaching, and practical insights, they unpack what it means to be created in the image of God and how that truth transforms your life. You’ll learn how identity in Christ shapes your sense of belonging, why love brings security, and how understanding God’s love changes everything.Topics in this episode:Imago Dei meaning and why it mattersHow early experiences shape your self-imageThe brain’s role in connection vs. protectionJesus’ baptism and the power of belongingThe woman with the issue of blood and healing in God’s truthOvercoming identity struggles through God’s WordA simple exercise to deepen your awareness of God’s loveIf you’ve ever wondered “Who does God say I am?” or felt distant from your true identity, this conversation will help you see yourself the way God does. | — | ||||||
| 8/21/25 | 001: How to Reconnect with God, Yourself & Others (The Tin Man Story) | How to Reconnect with God, Yourself & Others (The Tin Man Story)— Jeff Schulte, Todd Wermers, and Phil Herndon share personal stories of burnout, healing, and transformation. Learn what it means to “return to heart,” reconnect emotionally, and build deeper relationships with God and others. Using the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz as a metaphor, they explore self-awareness, emotional health, and living from the heart. Perfect for anyone seeking spiritual growth, relational connection, and emotional wholeness.Topics: emotional health, Christian counseling, spiritual growth, self-awareness, relationships, theology, psychology, neurobiology, Wizard of Oz, Tin Man metaphor. | — | ||||||
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